Israel Attacks International Media Building

10pm, 5th
January 2009, Gaza City: A high-story building housing
international media outlets in Gaza City has been targeted
by the Israeli military. Seven rounds were fired from an
apache helicopter into the building in which international
media which houses international media outlets such as
Reuters.

Canadian Human Rights Activist Eva Bartlett was
inside the building as it was attacked;

"It felt like the
building was about to collapse. The attack felt like it
would not end. Israel has denied the international media
access to Gaza, now they are targeting those who are
attempting to tell the world what is happening here. Israel
does not want the world to see it's crimes." Eva Bartlett -
International Solidarity Movement

Israel has maintained
it's ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip,
despite an Israeli Supreme Court ruling stating that they
should be
permitted.

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